Dancing in Silks
Dancing in Silks | |
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Sire | Black Minnaloushe |
Grandsire | Storm Cat |
Dam | Lemhi Love |
Damsire | Royal and Regal |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 2005 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Ronald E. Jex |
Owner | Ken Kinakin |
Trainer | |
Record | 13: 7-2-2 |
Earnings | US$1,447,622 |
Major wins | |
California Cup Sprint (2009)
Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Sprint (2009) | |
Awards | |
Co-California Horse of the Year (2009) | |
Last updated on January 15, 2010 |
Dancing in Silks (foaled March 2, 2005 in California) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2009 Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita Park.
A 4-year-old gelding, Dancing in Silks was bred by Ronald E. Jex. The horse races for Ken Kinakin and is trained by . Dancing in Silks is the only horse owned by Ken Kinakin, a 48-year-old Canadian businessman from Kelowna, British Columbia. Originally sold at the November 2005 Keeneland Breeding Stock Sale for $20,000, Kinakin purchased him at the 2006 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (British Columbia Division) Summer Mixed Sale for $21,401.
The winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint in a four-horse blanket finish, the race marked the fourth straight win for Dancing in Silks and his first try in a Grade One event.
Dancing in Silks shared 2009 California Horse of the Year honors with California Flag.[1] He continues to train at Santa Anita Park and is expected to make his next start there in January 2010.
References[]
- Dancing in Silks' pedigree and partial racing stats
- Profile of Dancing in Silks at Bloodhorse.com
- Dancing in Silks at Breeders' Cup.com with video of the 2009 Sprint
- ^ 2009 California Horse of the Year at the CTBA Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
- 2005 racehorse births
- Thoroughbred family 14-b
- Racehorses bred in California
- Racehorses trained in the United States
- Breeders' Cup Sprint winners